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Purpose and Nature of Humanity
By: Intervention Date: November 27, 2015, 5:35 pm
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he
created him; male and female he created them. - Genesis 1:27
When God created humanity, He had two overarching purpose in
mind: relation and vacation.
The first purpose
is God's personal reason for creating us for relationship with
Himself. The second is His executive reason for creating us for
the lifework He designed us to carry our for Him in the earth.
Why Did God Create Man?
The ultimate purpose behind the
creation of man was and is- love. 1 John 4:8, 16 tells us that
God doesn't just give love, He doesn't just show love, He is
love. He desires to share His love with us because love is His
essential quality. God ha many other qualities besides love that
we could list.
He is righteous, holy, omnipotent, almighty. He is all
of these wonderful things. Yet God could be all of these
attributes and still exist by Himself in isolation. He doesn't
need anyone else in order to be holy. He doesn't need anyone
else to be righteous. He doesn't need anyone to be almighty. He
can be omnipotent, omnipresent, and all the rest of His
qualities by Himself.
However, it is
the nature of love to give of itself, and it cannot give in
isolation. In order for love to be fulfilled, it has to have
someone to love, and it has to give to its beloved.
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